| CONDESCEND | • condescend v. (Intransitive) To come down from one’s superior position; to deign (to do something). • condescend v. (Intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone). • condescend v. (Transitive, rare, possibly nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward… |
| DEADENINGS | • deadenings n. Plural of deadening. • DEADENING n. the act of numbing, making dead. |
| DEFENDANTS | • defendants n. Plural of defendant. • DEFENDANT n. a person accused or sued. |
| DEPENDANTS | • dependants n. Plural of dependant. • DEPENDANT n. a person who depends on another for support, also DEPENDENT. |
| DEPENDENTS | • dependents n. Plural of dependent. • DEPENDENT n. a person who depends on another for support. |
| DESCENDANT | • descendant adj. Descending; going down. • descendant adj. Descending from a biological ancestor. • descendant adj. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source. |
| DESCENDENT | • descendent adj. Alternative spelling of descendant. • descendent n. Misspelling of descendant. • DESCENDENT adj. descending; proceeding from an ancestor or source. |
| DESCENDING | • descending v. Present participle and gerund of descend. • descending adj. Moving or sloping downwards. • descending adj. (Of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. |
| DESPONDENT | • despondent adj. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. • DESPONDENT adj. feeling or showing extreme discouragement. |
| DISANNEXED | • disannexed v. Simple past tense and past participle of disannex. • DISANNEX v. to disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. |
| HANDEDNESS | • handedness n. (Chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For… • handedness n. A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other. • HANDEDNESS n. a tendency to use one hand rather than the other. |
| HIDDENNESS | • hiddenness n. (Uncountable) The state, property or quality of being hidden. • hiddenness n. (Countable) The result or product of being hidden. • HIDDENNESS n. the state of being hidden. |
| MINDEDNESS | • mindedness n. The state of being minded in a particular way (as in narrow-mindedness, absent-mindedness). • MINDEDNESS n. an inclination to do something. |
| NOSEBANDED | • NOSEBANDED adj. wearing a noseband. |
| SODDENNESS | • soddenness n. The property of being sodden. • soddenness n. (UK) The state of being completely drunk. • SODDENNESS n. the state of being sodden. |
| SUDDENNESS | • suddenness n. The state of being sudden. • SUDDENNESS n. the state of being sudden. |
| UNASCENDED | • unascended adj. Not having been ascended. • UNASCENDED adj. not ascended. |
| UNDERSPEND | • underspend v. To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated. • underspend n. An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended. • UNDERSPEND v. to spend less than. |
| UNDESIGNED | • undesigned adj. Not designed, not intended. • undesigned adj. Not designed, not drawn or planned before being made. • UNDESIGNED adj. not designed. |
| UNSECONDED | • unseconded adj. Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted. • unseconded adj. (Obsolete) Not exemplified a second time. • UNSECONDED adj. not seconded. |